Democracy 2020 Digest: Bloomberg, who gave big to DNC, gets controversial boost from party
January 31, 2020 at 20:47 PM EST
The move by the DNC to pave the way for Mike Bloomberg to make the debate stage comes two months after Bloomberg contributed more than $300,000 the DNC. Federal Election Commission records indicate that Bloomberg made three separate donations of $106,500 to the national party committee on Nov. 19, five days before he declared his candidacy for president.